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Topic: Institutionalized Racism

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Can Dems protect black Americans?

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The Shores family, near Westerville, Neb., in 1887. Jerry Shores was one of a number of former slaves to settle in Custer County. (AP/Solomon D. Butcher)

american slavery: facts, myths

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